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WATCH: SA farmers to fight US over cheap chicken imports

Aug 30 2018 14:14

Reuters with Fin24

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President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium has revived the years-long poultry tussle between the US and South Africa, with farmers now calling for higher import tariffs on US chicken.

For chicken farmer Herman Pretorius the United States and its cheap poultry exports are becoming a threat. "I’d like the South African government to introduce higher import tariffs, we can’t compete with subsidised chickens from overseas."

Pretorius said the industry had started to expand, then came to a standstill because
of imports. "I wanted to expand my business, create jobs for our people
but the imports from overseas had really hurt us."

SA’s poultry producers, who believe the tariffs
imposed by Trump on steel and aluminium in May, breach AGOA
requirements. The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which came into effect
in May 2000, provides trade preferences for quotas and duty-free entry
to the US for certain goods.

After
months of threats, the South Africa Poultry Association has now filed a
lawsuit, calling for the US poultry tariff exclusion to be suspended,
whatever the risks.